CA DMV
VIRP Manual
Executive Summary
California DMV VIRP section 21.180 (Personalized Configurations—Mandatory Refusal) covers how DMV must refuse any personalized license plate configuration that may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency, or which would be misleading,. Is a vulgar term; a term of contempt, prejudice, or hostility; an insulting or degrading term; a racially degrading term; or an ethnically degrading term. Part of Special Plates. Tags Clinic hosts the official manual text unchanged below for dealers and registration services in California.
Key Takeaways
- DMV must refuse any personalized license plate configuration that may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency, or which would be misleading,….
- Is a vulgar term; a term of contempt, prejudice, or hostility; an insulting or degrading term; a racially degrading term; or an ethnically degrading term.
- Is a swear word or term considered profane, obscene, or repulsive.
- Has been restricted (deleted) from regular series license plates.
- Has a negative connotation to a specific group.
Important Facts
- Manual section
- 21.180
- Chapter
- Special Plates
- Manual text
- Verbatim DMV VIRP source below the overview